Might Makes Right
What lesson is it that this series wants to teach? That to get ahead in life, we have to hit harder or run faster to escape the bullies–or find someone who can do it for us?
That lesson is front and center in episodes one and two of TEACH YOU A LESSON.
There’s nothing in TEACH YOU A LESSON about learning for its own sake, or about the value of decency and empathy. Everyone in this drama, teachers, students, and parents, abides by the law--- the law of the jungle, that is, whether it’s at school or in the adult world of business and politics. Although similar in some ways to WEAK HERO (1,2), it’s much darker.
Here in the real world, we’re awash in dimwitted slogans, idiotic conspiracy theories, thought-terminating threats, and cliches playing the part of actual arguments.
Will beating up the bad guys make it all better? Should we stop doing the hard work of not giving in to our worst impulses?
For a lot of people, the answer seems to be–yes. Make your body into a fighting machine and throw your brain out the window. Let the nukes fly. Because it feels good to see everybody else get what they deserve.
Pretty simplistic...and it never works in the long run, in spite of what this series implies.
That lesson is front and center in episodes one and two of TEACH YOU A LESSON.
There’s nothing in TEACH YOU A LESSON about learning for its own sake, or about the value of decency and empathy. Everyone in this drama, teachers, students, and parents, abides by the law--- the law of the jungle, that is, whether it’s at school or in the adult world of business and politics. Although similar in some ways to WEAK HERO (1,2), it’s much darker.
Here in the real world, we’re awash in dimwitted slogans, idiotic conspiracy theories, thought-terminating threats, and cliches playing the part of actual arguments.
Will beating up the bad guys make it all better? Should we stop doing the hard work of not giving in to our worst impulses?
For a lot of people, the answer seems to be–yes. Make your body into a fighting machine and throw your brain out the window. Let the nukes fly. Because it feels good to see everybody else get what they deserve.
Pretty simplistic...and it never works in the long run, in spite of what this series implies.
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